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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Pantone quilt challenge - top

When the Pantone Quilt challenge was announced I had number of ideas. If you seen my entry for the mini category it'll be no surprise for you that I like optical illusions. I have a book called The World of Optical Illusions. It is not a quilting book though :-)

I was looking for something doable in fabric. This one on page 22 seems to fit the bill. The chapter is called Distortion.

I started piecing the strips first. As I'm not very good at patchwork math they ended up longer than desired and I didn't have enough fabric to put the top together.

At that point I decided to finish and submit the mini instead. I was thinking about adding some neutral background and forget about the orchid color.

It kept sort of bothering me and I sent the pics to my friends to ask for their opinion. One of them bought the exact same fabric for the challenge and she offered me hers as she had no time to make her project. So the orchid strips are pieced and I managed to finish the quilt top.

My wall is next to balcony door and there is no direct light. The weather does not cooperate. It is rainy and very windy so these are the only pics available at the moment.

You are a crack up, which I love! Finding inspiration in such a logical, and yet, fantastical place! I, as well, am glad you got to use the RO fabric because the distortion is maximized with it. Now I'm gonna go and try to uncross my eyes, thank you very much! Haha

I'm glad your friend had the fabric you needed; the orchid looks so much better than the neutral. You definitely met your goal of "clean modern and maximum visual interest"! Those lines move while I watch. Very interesting.

I LOVE what you've done here - what a fabulous idea to use an optical illusion as the basis for your quilt. I love how it's simple and minimalistic but it has so much movement because of the illusion. Great work!